The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25
A BIG CONCERN
The Cooperative Wagon 4 Machine
Company, Successors to GFant,
0deIi & Co.

In February, 1884, Messrs, HebeT J
Grant, J F. Gran and George T. OdeIl
formed a copartnership under the firm
name of Grant, Odell & Co. for thc
purpose OF selling wagons and various
binds of farming machinery. They
purchased the stock and establishment
of L. B. Madison. During the season
of 1884 through their extensive &C
quaintance in Utah and judicious
advertising in local papers the sales of
goods they represented materially in
creased as compared with previous
years. In April, 1885, realizing that more
capital vas needed in the business and
seeking for increased trade, the
firm incorporated under the laws of
Utah the firm name being Grant,
Odell &,CG With a cash capital Of $50. 900.
DIVIDED among tho following 3 1ck-
holders; Heber J. Grant, J. F. Grant,
George T. Odell, 0. A Woolley II. A.
Woolley Junius +. Wells, John Henry
Smith, Marion Lyman, Abram Hatch.
B. II. Goddard, John G. Cutler, David
Eccles, Joel Grover, 2. T. Farnsworth,
Samuel Peterson. Jr, Seymour B.
Young, George e. Lambert, q. B4nan-
tyne. This corporation existed for one
year, and to meet the exigencies of the
occasion was changed to the Cooper
alive Wagon & Machine Company in
April, 1886, and incorporated,under the
laws of Utah with an authorized capital
of $500 900, Sl50,000 OF which is fully
paid up. The officers of this institution
are, Heber J. Grant, president, J. f.
Grant vice-pTesident, George T. Odell,
Treasurer, Rulon s, Wells, Secretary.
The entire management of the com
pany's business is looked after by
Messrs J. f. Grant and George T. Odetl,
with the assistance OF Mr.. E. T. Woolley
at Ogden. The company have houses
at salt Lake City and Ogden. and
branch agencies at Logan, Utah and
Eagle Rock, Idahe, which are owned
aud operated by Barber & Thomas,
successors TO George Barber & Son,
Logan, These g7ncies are headquarters
for good represented by the Co operative
Wagon & Nj chine Company, and are
under the personal supervision of 4.
G.. Barber, who has had many Vears'l l
experience in the implement business,
and whose previous success in this line.
together with we'll earned reputation
in Northern Utah and Southeastern
Idaho, makes it an assured fact that
farmers and dealers III their locality
will extend 10 Barber & Thomas a
liberal share OF patronage. It has been
the policy OF the Cooperative Wagon
& Machine Company to establish local
agencies In the several counties of the |
territory, and during four years ex-
perienCe the officers of the company
have become widely acquainted and |
are thus enabled to select such repre- |
sentatives as will insure prompt and |
Impartial treatment of all those favor |
ing them with patronage. At these |
agencies can be found liberal supplies |
of extra part9 for machinery repre- |
sened; this fact together with reason |
able prices snd first class goods should |
be an. indncement TO the public 10 !
patronIze this permanent establishment. |
for it is thoroQably unidentified With |
Utah and her welfare, as viewed bv the |
greater part Of her population. We
present the following statement of Salas
b copied from the company books. !
which show a remarkable record:
Sales for 1884, $40 7s1.12. Sales for
1855. 1921 052,64. Sales Tor 1886, 1916. =
1876 IS. sales TOR 1887, 1857 ,097.69. Grand |
total $945 1906 80.
Space will admit only of brief reyi "
Of agencies controlled by this concern. |
The Walter 4. Wood Harvesting
Machine Co., whose mandatory is at
Ho osick Falls, New YORK, and who
and sold 81 S75 machines
Turing 1887, are represented exclusively
~ We Co operative Wagon & Machine
20. in all OF Utah, Cassia, Oneida,
Bingham, and Bear Lake Coun-
les Idaho. Hsrvesters and bi ders,
eapers, mowers and hay rakeS are their
pecislities; and it is given as an .indis-
'utRble fact that this company manu-
actHres more and better mowers than
ny other single company in the world,
nd in the other makes it ~ in |
he foremost rank. A complete force
4 assistants is always Oh hand during
he season to set up, operate and ex
lain the meEts of the Walter Atwood
Aachihe. The permanent location OF
he Wood machinery ageurv Et,r so,ua